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mips
February 12th, 2007, 03:49 PM
http://www.zepto.com/Country/Default.aspx (Select UK for english language)

I must say some of these notebooks seem ideal for linux.

nVidia 7600 go 512MB GPU
NO windows
Intel wireless
7200rpm hitachi drive
core 2 due

Each model has different spec levels you can customise to.

I wish we could get them here in SA.

Pekkalainen
February 12th, 2007, 04:18 PM
I run Edgy only on my Znote 6214W and everything works out of the box except wireless.

With the proprietary Nvidia driver hibernate stops working as well :mad:

compiledkernel
February 12th, 2007, 04:48 PM
Try http://system76.com

weatherman
February 12th, 2007, 05:14 PM
Try http://system76.com
he wants a shop that ships to south africa.

mips
February 12th, 2007, 07:36 PM
And I'm allergic to System76.

I already have a laptop. I just thought I would let others know about Zepto as they seem pretty cool.

Choad
February 12th, 2007, 08:14 PM
i thought the same, and i have the 6214w. its a great notebook, and everything works, except ACPI which is a major MAJOR downer. i would actually advise against this laptop because of it. booting without the power in is hit and miss. suspend is awful.

a real shame, coz i love this laptop. it looks and performs awesomely

mips
February 12th, 2007, 08:22 PM
Is there no fix for the ACPI issue, surely someone must have fixed it by now ?

Choad
February 12th, 2007, 09:07 PM
ill keep you posted when feisty is released, but so far nothing works

when i *first* applied the suspend2 kernel patch it would suspend with about 70% reliability, but since then something has caused it to degrade to 0%

Choad
February 12th, 2007, 09:08 PM
I run Edgy only on my Znote 6214W and everything works out of the box except wireless.

With the proprietary Nvidia driver hibernate stops working as well :mad:
OOOOH

are you saying that suspend DOES work with the nv drivers?

methinks i might be using nv when fiesty is released

Brunellus
February 12th, 2007, 09:25 PM
OOOOH

are you saying that suspend DOES work with the nv drivers?

methinks i might be using nv when fiesty is released
this is mostly why Sys76 seems to be pushing the intel graphics adaptors in most of its offerings.